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Döppner T, Bethkenhagen M, Kraus D, Neumayer P, Chapman DA, Bachmann B, Baggott RA, Böhme MP, Divol L, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Landen OL, MacDonald MJ, Saunders AM, Schörner M, Sterne PA, Vorberger J, Witte BBL, Yi A, Redmer R, Glenzer SH, Gericke DO. Observing the onset of pressure-driven K-shell delocalization. Nature 2023:10.1038/s41586-023-05996-8. [PMID: 37225995 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05996-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The gravitational pressure in many astrophysical objects exceeds one gigabar (one billion atmospheres)1-3, creating extreme conditions where the distance between nuclei approaches the size of the K shell. This close proximity modifies these tightly bound states and, above a certain pressure, drives them into a delocalized state4. Both processes substantially affect the equation of state and radiation transport and, therefore, the structure and evolution of these objects. Still, our understanding of this transition is far from satisfactory and experimental data are sparse. Here we report on experiments that create and diagnose matter at pressures exceeding three gigabars at the National Ignition Facility5 where 184 laser beams imploded a beryllium shell. Bright X-ray flashes enable precision radiography and X-ray Thomson scattering that reveal both the macroscopic conditions and the microscopic states. The data show clear signs of quantum-degenerate electrons in states reaching 30 times compression, and a temperature of around two million kelvins. At the most extreme conditions, we observe strongly reduced elastic scattering, which mainly originates from K-shell electrons. We attribute this reduction to the onset of delocalization of the remaining K-shell electron. With this interpretation, the ion charge inferred from the scattering data agrees well with ab initio simulations, but it is significantly higher than widely used analytical models predict6.
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- T Döppner
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, LGLTPE, CNRS UMR 5276, Lyon, France
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtz-Zentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Görlitz, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Watts A, Haneline S, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Wu J, Alexander R, Swerdlow RH, Burns DK, Saunders AM. TOMM40 '523 Genotype Distinguishes Patterns of Cognitive Improvement for Executive Function in APOEɛ3 Homozygotes. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 95:1697-1707. [PMID: 37718796 PMCID: PMC10578241 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND TOMM40 '523 has been associated with cognitive performance and risk for developing Alzheimer's disease independent of the effect of APOE genotype. Few studies have considered the longitudinal effect of this genotype on change in cognition over time. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between TOMM40 genotype status and change in cognitive performance in the TOMMORROW study, which was designed to prospectively evaluate an algorithm that includes TOMM40 '523 for genetic risk for conversion to mild cognitive impairment. METHODS We used latent growth curve models to estimate the effect of TOMM40 allele carrier (short, very long) status on the intercept and slope of change in cognitive performance in four broad cognitive domains (attention, memory, executive function, and language) and a combined overall cognitive score over 30 months. RESULTS TOMM40 very long allele carriers had significantly lower baseline performance for the combined overall cognitive function score (B = -0.088, p = 0.034) and for the executive function domain score (B = -0.143, p = 0.013). Slopes for TOMM40 very long carriers had significantly greater increases over time for the executive function domain score only. In sensitivity analyses, the results for executive function were observed in participants who remained clinically stable, but not in those who progressed clinically over the study duration. CONCLUSIONS Our results add to the growing body of evidence that TOMM40, in the absence of APOEɛ4, may contribute to cognitive changes with aging and dementia and support the view that mitochondrial function is an important contributor to Alzheimer's disease risk.
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- Amber Watts
- University of Kansas, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Fairway, KS, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Schneider LS, Bennett DA, Farlow MR, Peskind ER, Raskind MA, Sano M, Stern Y, Haneline S, Welsh-Bohmer KA, O'Neil J, Walter R, Maresca S, Culp M, Alexander R, Saunders AM, Burns DK, Chiang C. Adjudicating Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease as a Novel Endpoint Event in the TOMMORROW Prevention Clinical Trial. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2022; 9:625-634. [PMID: 36281666 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2022.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an essential outcome in Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention trials and a compelling milestone for clinically meaningful change. Determining MCI, however, may be variable and subject to disagreement. Adjudication procedures may improve the reliability of these determinations. We report the performance of an adjudication committee for an AD prevention trial. METHODS The TOMMORROW prevention trial selected cognitively normal participants at increased genetic risk for AD and randomized them to low-dose pioglitazone or placebo treatment. When adjudication criteria were triggered, a participant's clinical information was randomly assigned to a three-member panel of a six-member independent adjudication committee. Determination of whether or not a participant reached MCI due to AD or AD dementia proceeded through up to three review stages - independent review, collaborative review, and full committee review - requiring a unanimous decision and ratification by the chair. RESULTS Of 3494 participants randomized, the committee adjudicated on 648 cases from 386 participants, resulting in 96 primary endpoint events. Most participants had cases that were adjudicated once (n = 235, 60.9%); the rest had cases that were adjudicated multiple times. Cases were evenly distributed among the eight possible three-member panels. Most adjudicated cases (485/648, 74.8%) were decided within the independent review (stage 1); 14.0% required broader collaborative review (stage 2), and 11.1% needed full committee discussion (stage 3). The primary endpoint event decision rate was 39/485 (8.0%) for stage 1, 29/91 (31.9%) for stage 2, and 28/72 (38.9%) for stage 3. Agreement between the primary event outcomes supported by investigators' clinical diagnoses and the decisions of the adjudication committee increased from 50% to approximately 93% (after around 100 cases) before settling at 80-90% for the remainder of the study. CONCLUSIONS The adjudication process was designed to provide independent, consistent determinations of the trial endpoints. These outcomes demonstrated the extent of uncertainty among trial investigators and agreement between adjudicators when the transition to MCI due to AD was prospectively assessed. These methods may inform clinical endpoint determination in future AD secondary prevention studies. Reliable, accurate assessment of clinical events is critical for prevention trials and may mean the difference between success and failure.
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- L S Schneider
- Lon S. Schneider, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1540 Alcazar St, CHP216, Los Angeles CA, 90033, USA, Phone no: +1 323 442 7600,
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Saunders AM, Stan CV, Mackay KK, Morgan B, Horwitz JAK, Ali SJ, Rinderknecht HG, Haxhimali T, Ping Y, Najjar F, Eggert J, Park HS. Experimental Observations of Laser-Driven Tin Ejecta Microjet Interactions. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:155002. [PMID: 34678005 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.155002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The study of high-velocity particle-laden flow interactions is of importance for the understanding of a wide range of natural phenomena, ranging from planetary formation to cloud interactions. Experimental observations of particle dynamics are sparse given the difficulty of generating high-velocity flows of many particles. Ejecta microjets are micron-scale jets formed by strong shocks interacting with imprinted surfaces to generate particle plumes traveling at several kilometers per second. As such, the interaction of two ejecta microjets provides a novel experimental methodology to study interacting particle streams. In this Letter, we report the first time sequences of x-ray radiography images of two interacting tin ejecta microjets taken on a platform designed for the OMEGA Extended Performance (OMEGA EP) laser. We observe that the microjets pass through each other unattenuated for the case of 11.7±3.2 GPa shock pressures and jet velocities of 2.2±0.5 km/s but show strong interaction dynamics for 116.0±6.1 GPa shock pressures and jet velocities of 6.5±0.5 km/s. We find that radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the experiments are able to capture many aspects of the collisional behavior, such as the attenuation of jet velocity in the direction of propagation, but are unable to match the full spread of the strongly interacting cloud.
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- A M Saunders
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Burns DK, Alexander RC, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Culp M, Chiang C, O'Neil J, Evans RM, Harrigan P, Plassman BL, Burke JR, Wu J, Lutz MW, Haneline S, Schwarz AJ, Schneider LS, Yaffe K, Saunders AM, Ratti E. Safety and efficacy of pioglitazone for the delay of cognitive impairment in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease (TOMMORROW): a prognostic biomarker study and a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2021; 20:537-547. [PMID: 34146512 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(21)00043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The identification of people at risk of cognitive impairment is essential for improving recruitment in secondary prevention trials of Alzheimer's disease. We aimed to test and qualify a biomarker risk assignment algorithm (BRAA) to identify participants at risk of developing mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease within 5 years, and to evaluate the safety and efficacy of low-dose pioglitazone to delay onset of mild cognitive impairment in these at-risk participants. METHODS In this phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study, we enrolled cognitively healthy, community living participants aged 65-83 years from 57 academic affiliated and private research clinics in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. By use of the BRAA, participants were grouped as high risk or low risk. Participants at high risk were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive oral pioglitazone (0·8 mg/day sustained release) or placebo, and all low-risk participants received placebo. Study investigators, site staff, sponsor personnel, and study participants were masked to genotype, risk assignment, and treatment assignment. The planned study duration was the time to accumulate 202 events of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease in White participants who were at high risk (the population on whom the genetic analyses that informed the BRAA development was done). Primary endpoints were time-to-event comparisons between participants at high risk and low risk given placebo (for the BRAA objective), and between participants at high risk given pioglitazone or placebo (for the efficacy objective). The primary analysis included all participants who were randomly assigned, received at least one dose of study drug, and had at least one valid post-baseline visit, with significance set at p=0·01. The safety analysis included all participants who were randomly assigned and received at least one dose of study medication. An efficacy futility analysis was planned for when approximately 33% of the anticipated events occurred in the high-risk, White, non-Hispanic or Latino group. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01931566. FINDINGS Between Aug 28, 2013, and Dec 21, 2015, we enrolled 3494 participants (3061 at high risk and 433 at low risk). Of those participants, 1545 were randomly assigned to pioglitazone and 1516 to placebo. 1104 participants discontinued treatment (464 assigned to the pioglitazone group, 501 in the placebo high risk group, and 139 in the placebo low risk group). 3399 participants had at least one dose of study drug or placebo and at least one post-baseline follow-up visit, and were included in the efficacy analysis. 3465 participants were included in the safety analysis (1531 assigned to the pioglitazone group, 1507 in the placebo high risk group, and 427 in the placebo low risk group). In the full analysis set, 46 (3·3%) of 1406 participants at high risk given placebo had mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease, versus four (1·0%) of 402 participants at low risk given placebo (hazard ratio 3·26, 99% CI 0·85-12·45; p=0·023). 39 (2·7%) of 1430 participants at high risk given pioglitazone had mild cognitive impairment, versus 46 (3·3%) of 1406 participants at high risk given placebo (hazard ratio 0·80, 99% CI 0·45-1·40; p=0·307). In the safety analysis set, seven (0·5%) of 1531 participants at high risk given pioglitazone died versus 21 (1·4%) of 1507 participants at high risk given placebo. There were no other notable differences in adverse events between groups. The study was terminated in January, 2018, after failing to meet the non-futility threshold. INTERPRETATION Pioglitazone did not delay the onset of mild cognitive impairment. The biomarker algorithm demonstrated a 3 times enrichment of events in the high risk placebo group compared with the low risk placebo group, but did not reach the pre-specified significance threshold. Because we did not complete the study as planned, findings can only be considered exploratory. The conduct of this study could prove useful to future clinical development strategies for Alzheimer's disease prevention studies. FUNDING Takeda and Zinfandel.
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- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Lütgert J, Vorberger J, Hartley NJ, Voigt K, Rödel M, Schuster AK, Benuzzi-Mounaix A, Brown S, Cowan TE, Cunningham E, Döppner T, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Galtier E, Glenzer SH, Laso Garcia A, Gericke DO, Heimann PA, Lee HJ, McBride EE, Pelka A, Prencipe I, Saunders AM, Schölmerich M, Schörner M, Sun P, Vinci T, Ravasio A, Kraus D. Measuring the structure and equation of state of polyethylene terephthalate at megabar pressures. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12883. [PMID: 34145307 PMCID: PMC8213800 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91769-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- J Lütgert
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany. .,Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- LULI, CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128, Palaiseau, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- CFSA, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.,European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.,Institut für Physik, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, Universität Rostock, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LULI, CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128, Palaiseau, France
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- LULI, CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128, Palaiseau, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,Institut für Physik, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, Universität Rostock, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Alzheimer's disease is a quintessential 'unmet medical need', accounting for ∼65% of progressive cognitive impairment among the elderly, and 700,000 deaths in the United States in 2020. In 2019, the cost of caring for Alzheimer's sufferers was $244B, not including the emotional and physical toll on caregivers. In spite of this dismal reality, no treatments are available that reduce the risk of developing AD or that offer prolonged mitiagation of its most devestating symptoms. This review summarizes key aspects of the biology and genetics of Alzheimer's disease, and we describe how pioglitazone improves many of the patholophysiological determinants of AD. We also summarize the results of pre-clinical experiments, longitudinal observational studies, and clinical trials. The results of animal testing suggest that pioglitazone can be corrective as well as protective, and that its efficacy is enhanced in a time- and dose-dependent manner, but the dose-effect relations are not monotonic or sigmoid. Longitudinal cohort studies suggests that it delays the onset of dementia in individuals with pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, which small scale, unblinded pilot studies seem to confirm. However, the results of placebo-controlled, blinded clinical trials have not borne this out, and we discuss possible explanations for these discrepancies.
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- Ann M. Saunders
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Lutz MW, Burns DK, Alexander R, Culp M, Yarnall D, Haneline S, Chiang C, Lai E, Metz C, Sundseth S, Guennel T, Marshall S, Andruss BF, Latham GJ, Hall B, Statt SN, Swanson T, Ratti E, Saunders AM. A genetic enrichment strategy for delay of onset of Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials. Alzheimers Dement 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.044920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Cambridge MA USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chapel Hill NC USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Cambridge MA USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chapel Hill NC USA
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- QuartzBio, part of Precision for Medicine Frederick MD USA
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- QuartzBio, part of Precision for Medicine Frederick MD USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chapel Hill NC USA
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Pytte J, Flynn LL, Anderton RS, Mastaglia FL, Theunissen F, James I, Pfaff A, Koks S, Saunders AM, Bedlack R, Burns DK, Lutz MW, Siddique N, Siddique T, Roses AD, Akkari PA. Disease-modifying effects of an SCAF4 structural variant in a predominantly SOD1 ALS cohort. Neurol Genet 2020; 6:e470. [PMID: 32754644 PMCID: PMC7357414 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that rs573116164 will have disease-modifying effects in patients with superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS), we characterized rs573116164 within a cohort of 190 patients with fALS and 560 healthy age-matched controls to assess the variant for association with various measures of disease. METHODS Using a previously described bioinformatics evaluation algorithm, a polymorphic short structural variant associated with SOD1 was identified according to its theoretical effect on gene expression. An 12-18 poly-T repeat (rs573116164) within the 3' untranslated region of serine and arginine rich proteins-related carboxy terminal domain associated factor 4 (SCAF4), a gene that is adjacent to SOD1, was assessed for disease association and influence on survival and age at onset in an fALS cohort using PCR, Sanger sequencing, and capillary separation techniques for allele detection. RESULTS In a North American cohort of predominantly SOD1 fALS patients (n =190) and age-matched healthy controls (n = 560), we showed that carriage of an 18T SCAF4 allele was associated with disease within this cohort (odds ratio [OR] 6.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.9-11.2; p = 4.0e-11), but also within non-SOD1 cases (n = 27; OR 5.3; 95% CI 1.9-14.5; p = 0.0014). This finding suggests genetically SOD1-independent effects of SCAF4 on fALS susceptibility. Furthermore, carriage of an 18T allele was associated with a 26-month reduction in survival time (95% CI 6.6-40.8; p = 0.014), but did not affect age at onset of disease. CONCLUSIONS The findings in this fALS cohort suggest that rs573116164 could have SOD1-independent and broader relevance in ALS, warranting further investigation in other fALS and sporadic ALS cohorts, as well as studies of functional effects of the 18T variant on gene expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Julia Pytte
- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), University of Western Australia, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., L.L.F., R.S.A., F.L.M., F.T., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Nedlands; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics (L.L.F., A.P., S.K., P.A.A.), Murdoch University; School of Health Sciences (R.S.A.), and Institute for Health Research (R.S.A.), University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Murdoch University, Australia; Department of Neurology (A.M.S., R.B., M.W.L., A.D.R.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A.M.S., D.K.B., A.D.R.), Durham, NC; ALS Clinic (R.B.), Duke University, Durham, NC; Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (N.S., T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (N.S., T.S.), Chicago, IL
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Frydrych S, Vorberger J, Hartley NJ, Schuster AK, Ramakrishna K, Saunders AM, van Driel T, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Galtier E, Gamboa EJ, Glenzer SH, Granados E, MacDonald MJ, MacKinnon AJ, McBride EE, Nam I, Neumayer P, Pak A, Voigt K, Roth M, Sun P, Gericke DO, Döppner T, Kraus D. Demonstration of X-ray Thomson scattering as diagnostics for miscibility in warm dense matter. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2620. [PMID: 32457297 PMCID: PMC7251136 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16426-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The gas and ice giants in our solar system can be seen as a natural laboratory for the physics of highly compressed matter at temperatures up to thousands of kelvins. In turn, our understanding of their structure and evolution depends critically on our ability to model such matter. One key aspect is the miscibility of the elements in their interiors. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of X-ray Thomson scattering to quantify the degree of species separation in a 1:1 carbon-hydrogen mixture at a pressure of ~150 GPa and a temperature of ~5000 K. Our measurements provide absolute values of the structure factor that encodes the microscopic arrangement of the particles. From these data, we find a lower limit of [Formula: see text]% of the carbon atoms forming isolated carbon clusters. In principle, this procedure can be employed for investigating the miscibility behaviour of any binary mixture at the high-pressure environment of planetary interiors, in particular, for non-crystalline samples where it is difficult to obtain conclusive results from X-ray diffraction. Moreover, this method will enable unprecedented measurements of mixing/demixing kinetics in dense plasma environments, e.g., induced by chemistry or hydrodynamic instabilities.
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- S Frydrych
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, 22869, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, Darmstadt, 64291, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany.
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany.
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Pytte J, Anderton RS, Flynn LL, Theunissen F, Jiang L, Pitout I, James I, Mastaglia FL, Saunders AM, Bedlack R, Siddique T, Siddique N, Akkari PA. Association of a structural variant within the SQSTM1 gene with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurol Genet 2020; 6:e406. [PMID: 32185242 PMCID: PMC7061286 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective As structural variations may underpin susceptibility to complex neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the objective of this study was to investigate a structural variant (SV) within sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1). Methods A candidate insertion/deletion variant within intron 5 of the SQSTM1 gene was identified using a previously established SV evaluation algorithm and chosen according to its subsequent theoretical effect on gene expression. The variant was systematically assessed through PCR, polyacrylamide gel fractionation, Sanger sequencing, and reverse transcriptase PCR. Results A reliable and robust assay confirmed the polymorphic nature of this variant and that the variant may influence SQSTM1 transcript levels. In a North American cohort of patients with familial ALS (fALS) and sporadic ALS (sALS) (n = 403) and age-matched healthy controls (n = 562), we subsequently showed that the SQSTM1 variant is associated with fALS (p = 0.0036), particularly in familial superoxide dismutase 1 mutation positive patients (p = 0.0005), but not with patients with sALS (p = 0.97). Conclusions This disease association highlights the importance and implications of further investigation into SVs that may provide new targets for cohort stratification and therapeutic development.
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- Julia Pytte
- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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- University of Western Australia (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Crawley; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science (J.P., R.S.A., L.L.F., F.T., L.J., I.P., F.L.M., P.A.A.), Nedlands; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), School of Health Sciences; University of Notre Dame Australia (R.S.A.), Institute for Health Research, Fremantle; Murdoch University (L.L.F., I.P., P.A.A.), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Murdoch University, Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I.J.), Western Australia, Australia; Department of Neurology (R.B.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals (A.M.S.), Inc.; Duke University (R.B.), ALS Clinic, Durham, NC; and Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology (T.S., N.S.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Les Turner ALS Center and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Chicago, IL
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Burns DK, Chiang C, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Brannan SK, Culp M, O'Neil J, Runyan G, Harrigan P, Plassman BL, Lutz M, Lai E, Haneline S, Yarnall D, Yarbrough D, Metz C, Ponduru S, Sundseth S, Saunders AM. The TOMMORROW study: Design of an Alzheimer's disease delay-of-onset clinical trial. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2019; 5:661-670. [PMID: 31720367 PMCID: PMC6838537 DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2019.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a continuum with neuropathologies manifesting years before clinical symptoms; thus, AD research is attempting to identify more disease-modifying approaches to test treatments administered before full disease expression. Designing such trials in cognitively normal elderly individuals poses unique challenges. Methods The TOMMORROW study was a phase 3 double-blind, parallel-group study designed to support qualification of a novel genetic biomarker risk assignment algorithm (BRAA) and to assess efficacy and safety of low-dose pioglitazone to delay onset of mild cognitive impairment due to AD. Eligible participants were stratified based on the BRAA (using TOMM40 rs 10524523 genotype, Apolipoprotein E genotype, and age), with high-risk individuals receiving low-dose pioglitazone or placebo and low-risk individuals receiving placebo. The primary endpoint was time to the event of mild cognitive impairment due to AD. The primary objectives were to compare the primary endpoint between high- and low-risk placebo groups (for BRAA qualification) and between high-risk pioglitazone and high-risk placebo groups (for pioglitazone efficacy). Approximately 300 individuals were also asked to participate in a volumetric magnetic resonance imaging substudy at selected sites. Results The focus of this paper is on the design of the study; study results will be presented in a separate paper. Discussion The design of the TOMMORROW study addressed many key challenges to conducting a dual-objective phase 3 pivotal AD clinical trial in presymptomatic individuals. Experiences from planning and executing the TOMMORROW study may benefit future AD prevention/delay-of-onset trials.
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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Welsh-Bohmer KA, Atkins AS, Plassman BL, Khan A, Chiang C, Culp M, O'Neil J, Walter R, Haneline S, Arbuckle J, Brewster S, Maruyama Y, Swanson T, Hayden KM, Romero H, Keefe RSE, Saunders AM, Burns DK, Alexander R. O4-11-02: DEFINING COGNITION IN PRE-DEMENTIA CLINICAL TRIALS: BASELINE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE TOMMORROW STUDY. Alzheimers Dement 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer
- Department of Psychiatry; Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham NC USA
- VeraSci Corporation; Durham NC USA
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- VeraSci Corporation; Durham NC USA
- Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Orangeburg NY USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Durham NC USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.; Deerfield IL USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.; Deerfield IL USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Chapel Hill NC USA
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- Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Duke University; Durham NC USA
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- VeraSci Corporation; Durham NC USA
- Department of Psychiatry; Duke University Medical Center; Durham NC USA
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Alexander R, Burns DK, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Burke JR, Chiang C, Culp M, Plassman BL, Wu J, Lutz MW, Rubens R, Evans R, Saunders AM, Ratti E. DT-02-02: TOMMORROW: RESULTS FROM A PHASE 3 TRIAL TO DELAY THE ONSET OF MCI DUE TO AD AND QUALIFY A GENETIC BIOMARKER ALGORITHM. Alzheimers Dement 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Duke University; Durham NC USA
- Duke University Medical Center; Durham NC USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Durham NC USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.; Deerfield IL USA
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- Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Duke University; Durham NC USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.; Cambridge MA USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.; Cambridge MA USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.; Cambridge MA USA
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Hartley NJ, Vorberger J, Döppner T, Cowan T, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Frydrych S, Galtier E, Gamboa EJ, Gericke DO, Glenzer SH, Granados E, MacDonald MJ, MacKinnon AJ, McBride EE, Nam I, Neumayer P, Pak A, Rohatsch K, Saunders AM, Schuster AK, Sun P, van Driel T, Kraus D. Liquid Structure of Shock-Compressed Hydrocarbons at Megabar Pressures. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:245501. [PMID: 30608736 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.245501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present results for the ionic structure in hydrocarbons (polystyrene, polyethylene) that were shock compressed to pressures of up to 190 GPa, inducing rapid melting of the samples. The structure of the resulting liquid is then probed using in situ diffraction by an x-ray free electron laser beam, demonstrating the capability to obtain reliable diffraction data in a single shot, even for low-Z samples without long range order. The data agree well with ab initio simulations, validating the ability of such approaches to model mixed samples in states where complex interparticle bonds remain, and showing that simpler models are not necessarily valid. While the results clearly exclude the possibility of complete carbon-hydrogen demixing at the conditions probed, they also, in contrast to previous predictions, indicate that diffraction is not always a sufficient diagnostic for this phenomenon.
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- N J Hartley
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Open and Transdisciplinary Research Institute, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94309, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Bishel DT, Bachmann B, Yi A, Kraus D, Divol L, Bethkenhagen M, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Glenzer SH, Landen OL, MacDonald MJ, Masters N, Neumayer P, Redmer R, Saunders AM, Witte BBL, Döppner T. Using time-resolved penumbral imaging to measure low hot spot x-ray emission signals from capsule implosions at the National Ignition Facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10G111. [PMID: 30399716 DOI: 10.1063/1.5037073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We have developed and fielded a new x-ray pinhole-imaging snout that exploits time-resolved penumbral imaging of low-emission hot spots in capsule implosion experiments at the National Ignition Facility. We report results for a series of indirectly driven Be capsule implosions that aim at measuring x-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) spectra at extreme density conditions near stagnation. In these implosions, x-ray emission at stagnation is reduced by 100-1000× compared to standard inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions to mitigate undesired continuum background in the XRTS spectra. Our snout design not only enables measurements of peak x-ray emission times, t o , where standard ICF diagnostics would not record any signal, but also allows for inference of hot spot shapes. Measurement of t o is crucial to account for shot-to-shot variations in implosion velocity and therefore to benchmark the achieved plasma conditions between shots and against radiation hydrodynamic simulations. Additionally, we used differential filtering to infer a hot spot temperature of 520 ± 80 eV, which is in good agreement with predictions from radiation hydrodynamic simulations. We find that, despite fluctuations of the x-ray flash intensity of up to 5×, the emission time history is similar from shot to shot and slightly asymmetric with respect to peak x-ray emission.
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- D T Bishel
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- GSI Helmholtz-Zentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Physics Department, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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MacDonald MJ, Saunders AM, Falcone RW, Theobald W, Landen OL, Döppner T. Developing a long-duration Zn K- α source for x-ray scattering experiments. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10F109. [PMID: 30399805 DOI: 10.1063/1.5039365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We are developing a long-duration K-α x-ray source at the Omega laser facility. Such sources are important for x-ray scattering measurements at small scattering angles where high spectral resolution is required. To date, He-α x-ray sources are the most common probes in scattering experiments, using ns-class lasers to heat foils to keV temperatures, resulting in K-shell emission from He-like charge states. The He-α spectrum can be broadened by emission from multiple charge states and lines (e.g., He-like, Li-like, Be-like). Here, we combine the long duration of He-α sources with the narrow spectral bandwidth of cold K-α emission. A Ge foil is irradiated by the Omega laser, producing principally Ge He-α emission, which pumps Zn K-α emission at 8.6 keV from a nearby Zn layer. Using this technique, we demonstrate a long-duration Zn K-α source suitable for scattering measurements. Our experimental results show a 60% reduction in spectral bandwidth compared to a standard Zn He-α source, significantly improving the measurement precision of scattering experiments with small inelastic shifts.
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- M J MacDonald
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Chiang C, Alexander R, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Plassman BL, Romero H, Hayden KM, Keefe RSE, Atkins AS, Harrigan P, O'Neil J, Culp M, Walter R, Wu J, Randle L, Haneline S, Yarbrough D, Metz C, Burns DK, Saunders AM. P1‐050: ADJUDICATING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DUE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AS A NOVEL ENDPOINT EVENT IN THE TOMMORROW STUDY: A DELAY‐OF‐ONSET PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL. Alzheimers Dement 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterDuke UniversityDurhamNCUSA
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- NeuroCog TrialsDurhamNCUSA
- Department of PsychiatryDuke University Medical CenterDurhamNCUSA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.DeerfieldILUSA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.DeerfieldILUSA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.DeerfieldILUSA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.DurhamNCUSA
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Larsen PA, Hunnicutt KE, Larsen RJ, Yoder AD, Saunders AM. Warning SINEs: Alu elements, evolution of the human brain, and the spectrum of neurological disease. Chromosome Res 2018; 26:93-111. [PMID: 29460123 PMCID: PMC5857278 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-018-9573-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Alu elements are a highly successful family of primate-specific retrotransposons that have fundamentally shaped primate evolution, including the evolution of our own species. Alus play critical roles in the formation of neurological networks and the epigenetic regulation of biochemical processes throughout the central nervous system (CNS), and thus are hypothesized to have contributed to the origin of human cognition. Despite the benefits that Alus provide, deleterious Alu activity is associated with a number of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. In particular, neurological networks are potentially vulnerable to the epigenetic dysregulation of Alu elements operating across the suite of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes that are critical for both mitochondrial and CNS function. Here, we highlight the beneficial neurological aspects of Alu elements as well as their potential to cause disease by disrupting key cellular processes across the CNS. We identify at least 37 neurological and neurodegenerative disorders wherein deleterious Alu activity has been implicated as a contributing factor for the manifestation of disease, and for many of these disorders, this activity is operating on genes that are essential for proper mitochondrial function. We conclude that the epigenetic dysregulation of Alu elements can ultimately disrupt mitochondrial homeostasis within the CNS. This mechanism is a plausible source for the incipient neuronal stress that is consistently observed across a spectrum of sporadic neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Peter A Larsen
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
- Department of Biology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Box 90338, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
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- Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
- Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, 27709, USA
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Nishimura A, Nonomura H, Tanaka S, Yoshida M, Maruyama Y, Aritomi Y, Saunders AM, Burns DK, Lutz MW, Runyan G, Lai E, Budur K, Roses AD. Characterization of APOE and TOMM40 allele frequencies in the Japanese population. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2017; 3:524-530. [PMID: 29124110 PMCID: PMC5671626 DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Introduction Dementia is one of the major health threats to our aging society, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause. In Japan, ∼15% of the elderly population has dementia. The apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and a polymorphism (rs10524523) in the translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 (TOMM40) gene have been associated with the age of onset of AD. However, differences in allele frequencies of these markers in different ethnic populations are not well known. Methods Whole blood samples were collected from 300 Japanese subjects, and genomic DNA was extracted to determine APOE alleles and TOMM40 rs10524523 genotypes. Results Our results indicated that the APOE ε3–TOMM40′523 short haplotype is less frequent in Japanese subjects than in Caucasians, whereas the APOE ε3–TOMM40′523 long and APOE ε3–TOMM40′523 very long haplotypes are more frequent in Japanese subjects than in Caucasians. We also showed that the APOE ε4–TOMM40′523 short haplotype, which was noted to be frequently observed in African Americans, was also found in the Japanese population, although it is extremely rare in the Caucasian population. Discussion A biomarker risk assignment algorithm, using a combination of APOE, TOMM40′523 genotype, and age, has been developed to assign near-term risk for developing the onset of mild cognitive impairment due to AD and is being used as an enrichment tool in an ongoing delay-of-onset clinical trial. Understanding the characterization of APOE and TOMM40 allele frequencies in the Japanese population is the first step in developing a risk algorithm for AD research and clinical applications for AD prevention in Japan. Linkage between the translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 (TOMM40′523) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele differs depending on the population. The APOE ε3–TOMM40′523 short haplotype is less frequent in the Japanese population than in Caucasian ones. The APOE ε3–TOMM40′523 long and very long haplotypes are more frequent in the Japanese population than in Caucasian ones.
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Yu L, Lutz MW, Wilson RS, Burns DK, Roses AD, Saunders AM, Yang J, Gaiteri C, De Jager PL, Barnes LL, Bennett DA. APOE ε4-TOMM40 '523 haplotypes and the risk of Alzheimer's disease in older Caucasian and African Americans. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180356. [PMID: 28672022 PMCID: PMC5495438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Patterns of linkage between the ε4 allele of Apolipoprotein E (APOE) and '523 poly-T alleles in the adjacent gene, TOMM40, differ between Caucasian and African Americans. The extent to which this difference affects the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unclear. We compared the APOE ε4-TOMM40 '523 haplotypes between older Caucasian and African Americans, and examined their relationship with AD dementia. Data came from three community based cohort studies of diverse participants. APOE genotypes were determined by polymorphisms of rs429358 and rs7412. TOMM40 '523 genotypes were defined by the poly-T repeat length of rs10524523 (short ['523-S]: poly-T ≤ 19, long ['523-L]: 20 ≤ poly-T ≤ 29, and very long ['523-VL]: poly-T ≥ 30). Cox proportional hazards models examined the effect of haplotype variation on the risk of incident AD dementia. A total of 1,848 Caucasian and 540 African American individuals were included in the study. In Caucasians, nearly none (0.8%) of the non-ε4 carriers and almost all (94.2%) of the ε4 carriers had '523-L. The classification was highly concordant. Each ε4 allele doubled the risk for AD dementia and the dose effect was evident. Almost identical effect size and effect pattern were observed for TOMM40 '523-L. In African Americans, nearly none (1.1%) of the non-ε4 carriers had '523-L, but only 47.8% of the ε4 carriers had '523-L. The concordance was weaker compared with Caucasians. The effect patterns on incident AD dementia differed distinctively between ε4 and '523-L carriers. Further, both genotypic and allelic data support that among African Americans the ε4-'523-L haplotype had stronger effect on risk of AD dementia than other ε4-'523 haplotypes.
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- Lei Yu
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Albert F, Lemos N, Shaw JL, Pollock BB, Goyon C, Schumaker W, Saunders AM, Marsh KA, Pak A, Ralph JE, Martins JL, Amorim LD, Falcone RW, Glenzer SH, Moody JD, Joshi C. Observation of Betatron X-Ray Radiation in a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator Driven with Picosecond Laser Pulses. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:134801. [PMID: 28409970 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.134801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We investigate a new regime for betatron x-ray emission that utilizes kilojoule-class picosecond lasers to drive wakes in plasmas. When such laser pulses with intensities of ∼5×10^{18} W/cm^{2} are focused into plasmas with electron densities of ∼1×10^{19} cm^{-3}, they undergo self-modulation and channeling, which accelerates electrons up to 200 MeV energies and causes those electrons to emit x rays. The measured x-ray spectra are fit with a synchrotron spectrum with a critical energy of 10-20 keV, and 2D particle-in-cell simulations were used to model the acceleration and radiation of the electrons in our experimental conditions.
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- F Albert
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF and Photon Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Larsen PA, Lutz MW, Hunnicutt KE, Mihovilovic M, Saunders AM, Yoder AD, Roses AD. The Alu neurodegeneration hypothesis: A primate-specific mechanism for neuronal transcription noise, mitochondrial dysfunction, and manifestation of neurodegenerative disease. Alzheimers Dement 2017; 13:828-838. [PMID: 28242298 PMCID: PMC6647845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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It is hypothesized that retrotransposons have played a fundamental role in primate evolution and that enhanced neurologic retrotransposon activity in humans may underlie the origin of higher cognitive function. As a potential consequence of this enhanced activity, it is likely that neurons are susceptible to deleterious retrotransposon pathways that can disrupt mitochondrial function. An example is observed in the TOMM40 gene, encoding a β-barrel protein critical for mitochondrial preprotein transport. Primate-specific Alu retrotransposons have repeatedly inserted into TOMM40 introns, and at least one variant associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease originated from an Alu insertion event. We provide evidence of enriched Alu content in mitochondrial genes and postulate that Alus can disrupt mitochondrial populations in neurons, thereby setting the stage for progressive neurologic dysfunction. This Alu neurodegeneration hypothesis is compatible with decades of research and offers a plausible mechanism for the disruption of neuronal mitochondrial homeostasis, ultimately cascading into neurodegenerative disease.
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- Peter A Larsen
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Durham, NC, USA
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Yu L, Lutz MW, Wilson RS, Burns DK, Roses AD, Saunders AM, Gaiteri C, De Jager PL, Barnes LL, Bennett DA. TOMM40'523 variant and cognitive decline in older persons with APOE ε3/3 genotype. Neurology 2017; 88:661-668. [PMID: 28108637 PMCID: PMC5317377 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To interrogate a poly-T variant (rs10524523, '523) in TOMM40, a gene adjacent to the APOE gene on chromosome 19, in older persons with APOE ε3/3 homozygosity for association with cognitive decline, the clinical hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS Data came from participants in 2 cohort studies of aging and dementia who underwent annual clinical evaluations for up to 21 years. APOE and TOMM40'523 genotypes were determined from DNA from blood or brain samples. Linear mixed models compared the rates of decline in cognition among APOE ε3/3 carriers with different '523 genotypes. RESULTS The 1,170 APOE ε3/3 homozygotes were of European ancestry, were free of dementia at baseline, and had an average age of 78.5 years at baseline. Three major genotypes at the '523 variant were linked to APOE ε3/3; 26.5% had 2 short poly-Ts (S/S), 48.5% had 1 short and 1 very long poly-T (S/VL), and 24.0% had 2 very long poly-Ts (VL/VL). Participants with '523-S/S had faster decline in global cognition than participants with '523-S/VL or VL/VL (p = 0.002). The same association was observed for episodic memory (p < 0.001) and semantic memory (p = 0.003) but not for working memory, perceptual speed, or visuospatial ability. CONCLUSIONS Our data reveal an association of APOE ε3/3-TOMM40'523 haplotypes with cognitive decline in community-based older persons such that the S/S poly-T genotype is related to faster cognitive decline, primarily in the domains of episodic and semantic memory.
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- Lei Yu
- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA.
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., R.S.W., C.G., L.L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (M.W.L., A.D.R., A.M.S.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc (D.K.B., A.D.R.), Research Triangle Park, NC; Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (P.L.D.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School (P.L.D.), Boston; and Program in Medical and Population Genetics (P.L.D.), Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
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Saunders AM, Jenei A, Döppner T, Falcone RW, Kraus D, Kritcher A, Landen OL, Nilsen J, Swift D. X-ray Thomson scattering measurements from hohlraum-driven spheres on the OMEGA laser. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11E724. [PMID: 27910609 DOI: 10.1063/1.4962044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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X-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) is a powerful diagnostic for probing warm and hot dense matter. We present the design and results of the first XRTS experiments with hohlraum-driven CH2 targets on the OMEGA laser facility at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics in Rochester, NY. X-rays seen directly from the XRTS x-ray source overshadow the elastic scattering signal from the target capsule but can be controlled in future experiments. From the inelastic scattering signal, an average plasma temperature is inferred that is in reasonable agreement with the temperatures predicted by simulations. Knowledge gained in this experiment shows a promising future for further XRTS measurements on indirectly driven OMEGA targets.
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- A M Saunders
- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Döppner T, Kraus D, Neumayer P, Bachmann B, Emig J, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Hardy M, Kalantar DH, Kritcher AL, Landen OL, Ma T, Saunders AM, Wood RD. Improving a high-efficiency, gated spectrometer for x-ray Thomson scattering experiments at the National Ignition Facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11E515. [PMID: 27910303 DOI: 10.1063/1.4959874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We are developing x-ray Thomson scattering for applications in implosion experiments at the National Ignition Facility. In particular we have designed and fielded MACS, a high-efficiency, gated x-ray spectrometer at 7.5-10 keV [T. Döppner et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 11D617 (2014)]. Here we report on two new Bragg crystals based on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG), a flat crystal and a dual-section cylindrically curved crystal. We have performed in situ calibration measurements using a brass foil target, and we used the flat HOPG crystal to measure Mo K-shell emission at 18 keV in 2nd order diffraction. Such high photon energy line emission will be required to penetrate and probe ultra-high-density plasmas or plasmas of mid-Z elements.
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- T Döppner
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Gesellschaft für Schwerionenphysik, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94720, USA
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Newman MF, Laskowitz DT, Saunders AM, Grigore AM, Grocott HP. Genetic Predictors of Perioperative Neurologic and Neuropsychological Injury and Recovery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/108925329900300107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction after cardio pulmonary bypass represents a continuum from coma and focal stroke to cognitive deficits after surgery. Despite the marked increase in investigation of neuro logic and neurocognitive deficits after cardiac surgery, causative factors fail to predict the majority of the variance in the observed incidence of both early and late neurocognitive decline pointing to some inherent indi vidual susceptibility to injury. The authors' investigative team recently discovered a genetic association be tween late-onset Alzheimer's disease and the apolipo protein E (APOE, gene; apoE, protein) ∈-4 gene. This finding triggered many recent studies that have shown an important role of apoE in the determination of neurologic injury and recovery following a variety of acute ischemic insults including intracerebral hemor rhage, closed-head injury, as well as acute stroke and dementia pugilistica. Most important to the current discussion is the authors' recent report documenting preliminary evidence of an association of APOE4 with neurocognitive decline after cardiac surgery. This re view discusses the authors' hypothesis that the bio chemical products coded by this gene are not available to protect and repair the neurons of the CNS during cardiac surgery resulting in deficits of memory, atten tion, and concentration. Potential mechanisms of apoE's association with acute neurologic injury are discussed including regulation of the inflammatory response. The authors have recently determined that apoE, in vivo, modulates the release of nitric oxide and tumor necro sis factor a. This may compound the autonomic dysreg ulation recently reported in the aging population. The authors' preliminary data associating APOE4 with cogni tive impairment after cardiac surgery support this hy pothesis. The different potential mechanisms of apoE function in neuronal injury and recovery are not mutu ally exclusive, and it is likely that apoE modulates the CNS injury response at several functional levels.
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- Mark F. Newman
- Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's and Disease Research Center, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Dept of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's and Disease Research Center, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Dept of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's and Disease Research Center, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Dept of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's and Disease Research Center, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Dept of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's and Disease Research Center, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Dept of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Yu L, Lutz MW, Wilson RS, Burns DK, Roses AD, Saunders AM, De Jager PL, Barnes LL, Bennett DA. P4‐295:
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‘523 Variant and Cognitive Decline in Community Based Older Persons with
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E3/3 GENOTYPE. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Lei Yu
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterChicagoIL USA
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- Duke University Medical CenterDurhamNC USA
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Chapel HillNC USA
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- Broad InstituteCambridgeMA USA
- Brigham and Women’s HospitalBostonMA USA
- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA USA
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Yu L, Lutz MW, Wilson RS, Burns DK, Roses AD, Saunders AM, De Jager PL, Barnes LL, Bennett DA. P4‐293:
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‘523 Haplotypes and the Risk of Alzheimer’S Disease in Older Caucasian and African Americans. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Lei Yu
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterChicagoIL USA
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- Duke University Medical CenterDurhamNC USA
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Chapel HillNC USA
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- Broad InstituteCambridgeMA USA
- Brigham and Women’s HospitalBostonMA USA
- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA USA
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Martenyi F, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Plassman BL, Harrigan P, Chiang C, O'Neil J, Runyan G, Culp M, Lutz MW, Lai E, Saunders AM, Haneline S, Yarnall D, Yarbrough D, Metz C, Burns DK, Roses AD. P4‐383: Characterization of the Screened Population for the Tommorrow Study: a Pharmacogenetics‐Supported Clinical Trial to Delay the Onset of Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer’S Disease. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.DeerfieldIL USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.DeerfieldIL USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.DeerfieldIL USA
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- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.DeerfieldIL USA
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.DurhamNC USA
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Kraus D, Döppner T, Kritcher AL, Yi A, Boehm K, Bachmann B, Divol L, Fletcher LB, Glenzer SH, Landen OL, Masters N, Saunders AM, Weber C, Falcone RW, Neumayer P. Platform for spectrally resolved x-ray scattering from imploding capsules at the National Ignition Facility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lyall DM, Muñoz Maniega S, Harris SE, Bastin ME, Murray C, Lutz MW, Saunders AM, Roses AD, Valdés Hernández MDC, Royle NA, Starr JM, Porteous DJ, Deary IJ, Wardlaw JM. APOE/TOMM40 genetic loci, white matter hyperintensities, and cerebral microbleeds. Int J Stroke 2015; 10:1297-300. [PMID: 26310205 PMCID: PMC4950052 DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Background Two markers of cerebral small vessel disease are white matter hyperintensities and cerebral microbleeds, which commonly occur in people with Alzheimer's disease. Aim and/or hypothesis To test for independent associations between two Alzheimer's disease‐susceptibility gene loci – APOE ε and the TOMM40 ‘523’ poly‐T repeat – and white matter hyperintensities/cerebral microbleed burden in community‐dwelling older adults. Methods Participants in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 underwent genotyping for APOE ε and TOMM40 523, and detailed structural brain magnetic resonance imaging at a mean age of 72·70 years (standard deviation = 0·7; range = 71–74). Results No significant effects of APOE ε or TOMM40 523 genotypes on white matter hyperintensities or cerebral microbleed burden were found amongst 624 participants. Conclusions Lack of association between two Alzheimer's disease susceptibility gene loci and markers of cerebral small vessel disease may reflect the relative health of this population compared with those in other studies in the literature.
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- Donald M Lyall
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.,Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC, USA
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Lutz MW, Soldan A, Selnes O, Roses AD, Saunders AM, Burns DK, Albert MS. P3‐018: Tomm40/ApoE variation and age of onset of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in a prospective, longitudinal study. Alzheimers Dement 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Duke University School of MedicineDurhamNCUSA
- Zinfandel PharmaceuticalsChapel HillNCUSA
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Roses AD, Lutz MW, Saunders AM, Goldgaber D, Saul R, Sundseth SS, Akkari PA, Roses SM, Gottschalk WK, Whitfield KE, Vostrov AA, Hauser MA, Allingham RR, Burns DK, Chiba-Falek O, Welsh-Bohmer KA. African-American TOMM40'523-APOE haplotypes are admixture of West African and Caucasian alleles. Alzheimers Dement 2014; 10:592-601.e2. [PMID: 25260913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated a lower apolipoprotein E4 (APOE ε4) allele frequency in African-Americans, but yet an increased age-related prevalence of AD. An algorithm for prevention clinical trials incorporating TOMM40'523 (Translocase of Outer Mitochondria Membrane) and APOE depends on accurate TOMM40'523-APOE haplotypes. METHODS We have compared the APOE and TOMM40'523 phased haplotype frequencies of a 9.5 kb TOMM40/APOE genomic region in West African, Caucasian, and African-American cohorts. RESULTS African-American haplotype frequency scans of poly-T lengths connected in phase with either APOE ε4 or APOE ε3 differ from both West Africans and Caucasians and represent admixture of several distinct West African and Caucasian haplotypes. A new West African TOMM40'523 haplotype, with APOE ε4 connected to a short TOMM40'523 allele, is observed in African-Americans but not Caucasians. CONCLUSION These data have therapeutic implications for the age of onset risk algorithm estimates and the design of a prevention trial for African-Americans or other mixed ethnic populations.
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- Allen D Roses
- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Cabernet Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Polymorphic DNA Technologies, Alameda, CA, USA
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- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Duke University Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Roses AD, Lutz MW, Saul R, Burns DK, Saunders AM, Goldgaber D, Sundseth SS, Akkari PA, Roses SM, Gottschalk WK, Whitfield KE, Vostrov AA, Hauser MA, Allingham RR, Chiba‐Falek O, Welsh‐Bohmer K. P4‐284: GENETIC RELATIONSHIP OF APOE AND TOMM40 HAPLOTYPES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN, WEST AFRICAN, AND CAUCASIAN COHORTS. Alzheimers Dement 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Duke University, Division of NeurologyDurhamNorth CarolinaUnited States
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- Polymorphic DNA TechnologiesAlamedaCaliforniaUnited States
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- Zinfandel PharmaceuticalsResearch Triangle ParkNorth CarolinaUnited States
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- Cabernet PharmaceuticalsResearch Triangle ParkNorth CarolinaUnited States
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- Cabernet Pharmaceuticals, IncResearch Triangle ParkNorth CarolinaUnited States
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- Cabernet PharmaceuticalsResearch Triangle ParkNorth CarolinaUnited States
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Lyall DM, Harris SE, Bastin ME, Muñoz Maniega S, Murray C, Lutz MW, Saunders AM, Roses AD, Valdés Hernández MDC, Royle NA, Starr JM, Porteous DJ, Wardlaw JM, Deary IJ. Alzheimer's disease susceptibility genes APOE and TOMM40, and brain white matter integrity in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Neurobiol Aging 2014; 35:1513.e25-33. [PMID: 24508314 PMCID: PMC3969262 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε genotype has previously been significantly associated with cognitive, brain imaging, and Alzheimer's disease-related phenotypes (e.g., age of onset). In the TOMM40 gene, the rs10524523 (“523”) variable length poly-T repeat polymorphism has more recently been associated with similar ph/enotypes, although the allelic directions of these associations have varied between initial reports. Using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging tractography, the present study aimed to investigate whether there are independent effects of apolipoprotein E (APOE) and TOMM40 genotypes on human brain white matter integrity in a community-dwelling sample of older adults, the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (mean age = 72.70 years, standard deviation = 0.74, N approximately = 640–650; for most analyses). Some nominally significant effects were observed (i.e., covariate-adjusted differences between genotype groups at p < 0.05). For APOE, deleterious effects of ε4 “risk” allele presence (vs. absence) were found in the right ventral cingulum and left inferior longitudinal fasciculus. To test for biologically independent effects of the TOMM40 523 repeat, participants were stratified into APOE genotype subgroups, so that any significant effects could not be attributed to APOE variation. In participants with the APOE ε3/ε4 genotype, effects of TOMM40 523 status were found in the left uncinate fasciculus, left rostral cingulum, left ventral cingulum, and a general factor of white matter integrity. In all 4 of these tractography measures, carriers of the TOMM40 523 “short” allele showed lower white matter integrity when compared with carriers of the “long” and “very-long” alleles. Most of these effects survived correction for childhood intelligence test scores and vascular disease history, though only the effect of TOMM40 523 on the left ventral cingulum integrity survived correction for false discovery rate. The effects of APOE in this older population are more specific and restricted compared with those reported in previous studies, and the effects of TOMM40 on white matter integrity appear to be novel, although replication is required in large independent samples.
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- Donald M Lyall
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Durham, NC, USA
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Department of Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Roses AD, Saunders AM, Lutz MW, Zhang N, Hariri AR, Asin KE, Crenshaw DG, Budur K, Burns DK, Brannan SK. New applications of disease genetics and pharmacogenetics to drug development. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2014; 14:81-9. [PMID: 24565016 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2013.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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TOMMORROW is a Phase III delay of onset clinical trial to determine whether low doses of pioglitazone, a molecule that induces mitochondrial doubling, delays the onset of MCI-AD in normal subjects treated with low dose compared to placebo. BOLD imaging studies in rodents and man were used to find the dose that increases oxygen consumption at central regions of the brain in higher proportion than activation of large corticol regions. The trial is made practical by the use of a pharmacogenetic algorithm based on TOMM40 and APOE genotypes and age to identify normal subjects at high risk of MCI-AD between the ages of 65-83 years within a five year follow-up period.
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- Allen D Roses
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC, United States; Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Durham, NC, United States
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- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Durham, NC, United States
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, State College, PA, United States
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- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Durham, NC, United States
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL, United States
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL, United States
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- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC, United States
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important factor in the pathogenesis of age-related diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spectrum disorders. A polymorphism in Translocase of the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane - 40 kD (TOMM40) is associated with risk and age-of onset of late-onset AD, and is the only nuclear- encoded gene identified in genetic studies to date that presumably contributes to LOAD-related mitochondria dysfunction. In this review, we describe the TOM40-mediated mitochondrial protein import mechanism, and discuss the evidence linking TOM40 with Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's (PD) diseases. All but 36 of the >~1,500 mitochondrial proteins are encoded by the nucleus and are synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes, and most of these are imported into mitochondria through the TOM complex, of which TOM40 is the central pore, mediating communication between the cytoplasm and the mitochondrial interior. APP enters and obstructs the TOM40 pore, inhibiting import of OXPHOS-related proteins and disrupting the mitochondrial redox balance. Other pathogenic proteins, such as Aβ and alpha-synuclein, readily pass through the pore and cause toxic effects by directly inhibiting mitochondrial enzymes. Healthy mitochondria normally import and degrade the PD-related protein Pink1, but Pink1 exits mitochondria if the membrane potential collapses and initiates Parkin-mediated mitophagy. Under normal circumstances, this process helps clear dysfunctional mitochondria and contributes to cellular health, but PINK1 mutations associated with PD exit mitochondria with intact membrane potentials, disrupting mitochondrial dynamics, leading to pathology. Thus, TOM40 plays a central role in the mitochondrial dysfunction that underlies age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Learning about the factors that control TOM40 levels and activity, and how TOM40, specifically, and the TOM complex, generally, interacts with potentially pathogenic proteins, will provide deeper insights to AD and PD pathogenesis, and possibly new targets for preventative and/or therapeutic treatments.
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- William K Gottschalk
- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA ; Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Lyall DM, Royle NA, Harris SE, Bastin ME, Maniega SM, Murray C, Lutz MW, Saunders AM, Roses AD, del Valdés Hernández MC, Starr JM, Porteous DJ, Wardlaw JM, Deary IJ. Alzheimer's disease susceptibility genes APOE and TOMM40, and hippocampal volumes in the Lothian birth cohort 1936. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80513. [PMID: 24260406 PMCID: PMC3829876 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The APOE ε and TOMM40 rs10524523 (‘523’) variable length poly-T repeat gene loci have been significantly and independently associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) related phenotypes such as age of clinical onset. Hippocampal atrophy has been significantly associated with memory impairment, a characteristic of AD. The current study aimed to test for independent effects of APOE ε and TOMM40 ‘523’ genotypes on hippocampal volumes as assessed by brain structural MRI in a relatively large sample of community-dwelling older adults. As part of a longitudinal study of cognitive ageing, participants in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 underwent genotyping for APOE ε2/ε3/ε4 status and TOMM40 ‘523’ poly-T repeat length, and detailed structural brain MRI at a mean age of 72.7 years (standard deviation = 0.7, N range = 624 to 636). No significant effects of APOE ε or TOMM40 523 genotype were found on hippocampal volumes when analysed raw, or when adjusted for either intracranial or total brain tissue volumes. In summary, in a large community-dwelling sample of older adults, we found no effects of APOE ε or TOMM40 523 genotypes on hippocampal volumes. This is discrepant with some previous reports of significant association between APOE and left/right hippocampal volumes, and instead echoes other reports that found no association. Previous significant findings may partly reflect type 1 error. Future studies should carefully consider: 1) their specific techniques in adjusting for brain size; 2) assessing more detailed sub-divisions of the hippocampal formation; and 3) testing whether significant APOE-hippocampal associations are independent of generalised brain atrophy.
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- Donald M. Lyall
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Medical Genetics Section, Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Medical Genetics Section, Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Medical Genetics Section, Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Brain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Caselli RJ, Dueck AC, Huentelman MJ, Lutz MW, Saunders AM, Reiman EM, Roses AD. Longitudinal modeling of cognitive aging and the TOMM40 effect. Alzheimers Dement 2013; 8:490-5. [PMID: 23102119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND TOMM40 (translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane pore subunit) is in linkage disequilibrium with apolipoprotein E (APOE). APOE e4 is linked to long (L; 21-29 T residues) poly-T variants within intron 6 of TOMM40, whereas APOE e3 can be associated with either a short (S; <21 T residues) or very long (VL; >29 T residues) variant. To assess the possible contribution of TOMM40 to Alzheimer's disease onset, we compared the effects of TOMM40 and APOE genotype on preclinical longitudinal memory decline. METHODS An APOE e4-enriched cohort of 639 cognitively normal individuals aged 21 to 97 years with known TOMM40 genotype underwent longitudinal neuropsychological testing every 2 years. We estimated the longitudinal effect of age on memory using statistical models that simultaneously modeled cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of age on the Auditory Verbal Learning Test Long-Term Memory score by APOE, TOMM40, and the interaction between the two. RESULTS There were significant effects overall for both TOMM40 (linear effect, P = .04; quadratic effect, P = .03) and APOE (linear effect, P = .06; quadratic effect, P = .008), with no significant interaction (P = .63). In a piecewise model, there was a significant TOMM40 effect before age 60 years (P = .009), characterized by flattened test-retest improvement (VL/VL subgroup only) but no significant APOE effect, and a significant APOE effect after age 60 years (P = .006), characterized by accelerated memory decline (e4 carriers) but no significant TOMM40 effect. CONCLUSION Both TOMM40 and APOE significantly influence age-related memory performance, but they appear to do so independently of each other.
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Crenshaw DG, Gottschalk WK, Lutz MW, Grossman I, Saunders AM, Burke JR, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Brannan SK, Burns DK, Roses AD. Using genetics to enable studies on the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2013; 93:177-85. [PMID: 23249780 PMCID: PMC4131283 DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2012.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Curing Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains an elusive goal; indeed, it may even prove to be impossible, given the nature of the disease. Although modulating disease progression is an attractive target and will alleviate the burden of the most severe stages, this strategy will not reduce the prevalence of the disease itself. Preventing or (as described in this article) delaying the onset of cognitive impairment and AD will provide the greatest benefit to individuals and society by pushing the onset of disease into the later years of life. Because of the high variability in the age of onset of the disease, AD prevention studies that do not stratify participants by age-dependent disease risk will be operationally challenging, being large in size and of long duration. We present a composite genetic biomarker to stratify disease risk so as to facilitate clinical studies in high-risk populations. In addition, we discuss the rationale for the use of pioglitazone to delay the onset of AD in individuals at high risk.
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- D G Crenshaw
- Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Roses AD, Lutz MW, Crenshaw DG, Grossman I, Saunders AM, Gottschalk WK. TOMM40
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- Allen D. Roses
- Duke UniversityDurhamNCUSA
- Zinfandel PharmaceuticalsDurhamNCUSA
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Saunders AM, Larsen P, Nielsen PH. Comparison of nutrient-removing microbial communities in activated sludge from full-scale MBRs and conventional plants. Water Sci Technol 2013; 68:366-371. [PMID: 23863429 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The composition of nutrient-removing microbial communities in five full-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) was investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridization and 16S rRNA pyrosequencing and compared to similar analyses of conventional activated sludge (CAS) communities. The communities were highly similar but some genera that are always present in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) (core groups) were absent in the MBRs. The overall phylogenetic similarity of the communities indicated that these differences were primarily closely related groups. More research is needed to establish the operational significance of the observed differences between MBR and CAS sludge.
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- A M Saunders
- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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Mielczarek AT, Saunders AM, Larsen P, Albertsen M, Stevenson M, Nielsen JL, Nielsen PH. The Microbial Database for Danish wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal (MiDas-DK) - a tool for understanding activated sludge population dynamics and community stability. Water Sci Technol 2013; 67:2519-2526. [PMID: 23752384 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Since 2006 more than 50 Danish full-scale wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal have been investigated in a project called 'The Microbial Database for Danish Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plants with Nutrient Removal (MiDas-DK)'. Comprehensive sets of samples have been collected, analyzed and associated with extensive operational data from the plants. The community composition was analyzed by quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) supported by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and deep metagenomics. MiDas-DK has been a powerful tool to study the complex activated sludge ecosystems, and, besides many scientific articles on fundamental issues on mixed communities encompassing nitrifiers, denitrifiers, bacteria involved in P-removal, hydrolysis, fermentation, and foaming, the project has provided results that can be used to optimize the operation of full-scale plants and carry out trouble-shooting. A core microbial community has been defined comprising the majority of microorganisms present in the plants. Time series have been established, providing an overview of temporal variations in the different plants. Interestingly, although most microorganisms were present in all plants, there seemed to be plant-specific factors that controlled the population composition thereby keeping it unique in each plant over time. Statistical analyses of FISH and operational data revealed some correlations, but less than expected. MiDas-DK (www.midasdk.dk) will continue over the next years and we hope the approach can inspire others to make similar projects in other parts of the world to get a more comprehensive understanding of microbial communities in wastewater engineering.
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- A T Mielczarek
- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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Linnertz C, Saunders AM, Lutz MW, Crenshaw DM, Grossman I, Burns DK, Whitfield KE, Hauser MA, McCarthy JJ, Ulmer M, Allingham R, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Roses AD, Chiba-Falek O. Characterization of the poly-T variant in the TOMM40 gene in diverse populations. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30994. [PMID: 22359560 PMCID: PMC3281049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We previously discovered that a polymorphic, deoxythymidine-homopolymer (poly-T, rs10524523) in intron 6 of the TOMM40 gene is associated with age-of-onset of Alzheimer's disease and with cognitive performance in elderly. Three allele groups were defined for rs10524523, hereafter ‘523’, based on the number of ‘T’-residues: ‘Short’ (S, T≤19), ‘Long’ (L, 20≤T≤29) and ‘Very Long’ (VL, T≥30). Homopolymers, particularly long homopolymers like ‘523’, are difficult to genotype because ‘slippage’ occurs during PCR-amplification. We initially genotyped this locus by PCR-amplification followed by Sanger-sequencing. However, we recognized the need to develop a higher-throughput genotyping method that is also accurate and reliable. Here we describe a new ‘523’ genotyping assay that is simple and inexpensive to perform in a standard molecular genetics laboratory. The assay is based on the detection of differences in PCR-fragment length using capillary electrophoresis. We discuss technical problems, solutions, and the steps taken for validation. We employed the novel assay to investigate the ‘523’ allele frequencies in different ethnicities. Whites and Hispanics have similar frequencies of S/L/VL alleles (0.45/0.11/0.44 and 0.43/0.09/0.48, respectively). In African-Americans, the frequency of the L-allele (0.10) is similar to Whites and Hispanics; however, the S-allele is more prevalent (0.65) and the VL-allele is concomitantly less frequent (0.25). The allele frequencies determined using the new methodology are compared to previous reports for Ghanaian, Japanese, Korean and Han Chinese cohorts. Finally, we studied the linkage pattern between TOMM40-‘523’ and APOE alleles. In Whites and Hispanics, consistent with previous reports, the L is primarily linked to ε4, while the majority of the VL and S are linked to ε3. Interestingly, in African-Americans, Ghanaians and Japanese, there is an increased frequency of the ‘523’S-APOEε4 haplotype. These data may be used as references for ‘523’ allele and ‘523’-APOE haplotype frequencies in diverse populations for the design of research studies and clinical trials.
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- Colton Linnertz
- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Cabernet Pharmaceuticals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Cabernet Pharmaceuticals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Harrington C, Sawchak S, Chiang C, Davies J, Donovan C, Saunders AM, Irizarry M, Jeter B, Zvartau-Hind M, van Dyck CH, Gold M. Rosiglitazone does not improve cognition or global function when used as adjunctive therapy to AChE inhibitors in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: two phase 3 studies. Curr Alzheimer Res 2011; 8:592-606. [PMID: 21592048 DOI: 10.2174/156720511796391935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 01/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Two phase 3 studies evaluated the efficacy and safety of rosiglitazone (RSG), a type 2 diabetes treatment, in an extended release (RSG XR) form as adjunctive therapy to ongoing acetylcholine esterase inhibitor (AChEI) treatment in AD (REFLECT-2, adjunctive to donepezil; REFLECT-3, to any AChEI). An open-label extension study (REFLECT-4) assessed RSG XR long-term safety. METHODS In these two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, subjects with mild-to-moderate probable AD were randomized within 2 apolipoprotein E (APOE) allelic strata (APOE ε4-positive, APOE ε4-negative) to once daily placebo, 2 mg RSG XR, or 8 mg RSG XR for 48 weeks (REFLECT-2, N=1,496; REFLECT-3, N=1,485). Co-primary efficacy endpoints were change from baseline in Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) and Clinical Dementia Rating scale - Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) scores at week 48. Three populations were analyzed: APOE4-negative, all subjects except APOE ε4 homozygotes, and the full intent-to-treat population. RESULTS No statistically or clinically relevant differences between treatment groups were observed on the a priori primary endpoints in REFLECT-2 or REFLECT-3. Edema was the most frequent adverse event with RSG in each study (14% and 19%, respectively, at 8 mg RSG XR). CONCLUSIONS No evidence of statistically or clinically significant efficacy in cognition or global function was detected for 2 mg or 8 mg RSG XR as adjunctive therapy to ongoing AChEIs. There was no evidence of an interaction between treatment and APOE status. Safety and tolerability of RSG XR was consistent with the known profile of rosiglitazone.
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- C Harrington
- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Johnson SC, La Rue A, Hermann BP, Xu G, Koscik RL, Jonaitis EM, Bendlin BB, Hogan KJ, Roses AD, Saunders AM, Lutz MW, Asthana S, Green RC, Sager MA. The effect of TOMM40 poly-T length on gray matter volume and cognition in middle-aged persons with APOE ε3/ε3 genotype. Alzheimers Dement 2011; 7:456-65. [PMID: 21784354 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes are associated with variable risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), with APOE epsilon 4 (APOE ε4) having higher risk. A variable poly-T length polymorphism at rs10524523, within intron 6 of the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOMM40) gene, has been shown to influence age of onset in LOAD, with very long (VL) poly-T length associated with earlier disease onset, and short poly-T length associated with later onset. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that brain and cognitive changes suggestive of presymptomatic LOAD may be associated with this TOMM40 polymorphism. METHODS Among healthy APOE ε3 homozygous adults (N = 117; mean age, 55 years), we compared those who were homozygous for VL/VL (n = 35) TOMM40 poly-T lengths (who were presumably at higher risk) with those homozygous for short (S/S; n = 38) poly-T lengths, as well as those with heterozygous (S/VL; n = 44) poly-T length polymorphisms, on measures of learning and memory and on structural brain imaging. RESULTS The VL/VL group showed lower performance than the S/S TOMM40 group on primacy retrieval from a verbal list learning task, a finding which is also seen in early Alzheimer's disease. A dose-dependent increase in the VL TOMM40 polymorphism (from no VL alleles, to S/VL heterozygous, to VL/VL homozygous) was associated with decreasing gray matter volume in the ventral posterior cingulate and medial ventral precuneus, a region of the brain affected early in LOAD. CONCLUSIONS These findings among APOE ε3/ε3 late middle-aged adults suggest that a subgroup with VL TOMM40 poly-T lengths may be experiencing incipient LOAD-related cognitive and brain changes.
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
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- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Gold M, Alderton C, Zvartau-Hind M, Egginton S, Saunders AM, Irizarry M, Craft S, Landreth G, Linnamägi Ü, Sawchak S. Rosiglitazone monotherapy in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2010; 30:131-46. [PMID: 20733306 PMCID: PMC3214882 DOI: 10.1159/000318845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS A phase II study of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist rosiglitazone extended release (RSG XR) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) detected a treatment benefit to cognition in apolipoprotein E(APOE)-ε4-negative subjects. The current phase III study with prospective stratification by APOE genotype was conducted to confirm the efficacy and safety of RSG XR in mild-to-moderate AD. An open-label extension study assessed the long-term safety and tolerability of 8 mg RSG XR. METHODS This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study enrolled 693 subjects. Within 2 APOE allelic strata (ε4-positive, ε4-negative), subjects were randomized (2:2:2:1) to once-daily placebo, 2 mg RSG XR, 8 mg RSG XR or 10 mg donepezil (control). Coprimary endpoints were change from baseline to week 24 in the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) score, and week 24 Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change plus caregiver input (CIBIC+). RESULTS At week 24, no significant differences from placebo in change from baseline in coprimary endpoints were detected with either the RSG XR dose in APOE-ε4-negative subjects or overall. For donepezil, no significant treatment difference was detected in ADAS-Cog; however, a significant difference was detected (p = 0.009) on the CIBIC+. Peripheral edema was the most common adverse event for 8 mg RSG XR (15%) and placebo (5%), and nasopharyngitis for 2 mg RSG XR (7%). CONCLUSION No evidence of efficacy of 2 mg or 8 mg RSG XR monotherapy in cognition or global function was detected in the APOE-ε4-negative or other analysis populations. The safety and tolerability of RSG XR was consistent with its known pharmacology.
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, Harlow, UK.
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, UK
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, UK
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, UK
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- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash., USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Neurosciences Medicines Development Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA
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Lutz MW, Crenshaw DG, Saunders AM, Roses AD. Genetic variation at a single locus and age of onset for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2010; 6:125-31. [PMID: 20298972 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This perspective article provides an opportunity to explain a new genetic finding for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). It is specifically written for physicians and scientists who are interested in LOAD, but it may be relevant to those interested in identifying susceptibility variants for other complex diseases. The significant finding discussed here is that a variable-length, deoxythymidine homopolymer (poly-T) within intron 6 of the TOMM40 gene is associated with the age of onset of LOAD [Roses AD, Lutz MW, Amrine-Madsen H, Saunders AM, Crenshaw DG, Sundseth SS, et al. A TOMM40 variable-length polymorphism predicts the age of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Pharmacogenomics J 2009 December 22;[Epublication ahead of print]. This result was obtained with a phylogenetic study of the genetic polymorphisms that reside within the linkage disequilibrium (LD) block that contains the TOMM40, APOE, and APOC1 genes from patients with LOAD and age-matched subjects without disease. Although the data will have diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategy implications, this perspective is meant to place the inheritance pattern for this "complex" human disease into context, and to highlight the potential utility of applying phylogenetic tools to the study of the genetics of complex diseases.
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- Michael W Lutz
- Deane Drug Discovery Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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